I was always wondering what could happen if myetherwallet.com website get hacked... so it's better to have the coins on a desktop wallet, instead of a web wallet?
It's a question because I a little bit afraid of web based wallets
myetherwallet.com is safe and so far the best wallet to use for eth and it is mostly used by the members here on the forum who loves to join a bounty campaign that pays in altcoin or tokens but you have a point that it is prone to hacker and malwares because its online therefore if you want to safely secure your coins then you must store it in a offline wallet or cold storage to have a less risk of your coins being stolen.